no idea how long its been like this, after i lifted it the drive shaft is at more of an angle and is now moving it up and down when it moves, it didn't before i lifted it because it was at less of an angle, who knows how long its been sloppy. it was getting dark and i didn't have time to tighten it, i'll do it tomorrow.

I ran a D35 sloppy like that for a while. I replaced the pinion bearings, but the gears were worn so bad it still whined constantly. I figured a ZJ running on 5 cylinders and no 4x4 wasn't worth a set of gears. Traded it in on my Caddy.